"I didn't know it was that bad."
"I had no idea."
"How can they get away with that?"
Whenever I talk about book bans and censorship in spaces that aren't primarily filled with educators, librarians, book creators, and publishing people, that's always the reaction. Most people still have no idea.
my first freelance piece for CNN is all about Stop! That! Train! and why it's the perfect response to the right-wing moral panic about drag because it dares to ask...what's so scary about a bunch of glamorous clowns??
Thatās called a bribe.
The ultimate boss of failing upward.
ā If you donāt live politics, politics will live you.ā
ā from the Booker Prize Winning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James